25 Facts About Toyota Cressida

Toyota Cressida Mark II is a compact, later mid-size sedan manufactured and marketed in Japan by Toyota Cressida between 1968 and 2004.

The Mark II allowed Toyota Cressida to establish itself as a more mainstream, international automaker and pursue new market opportunities.

The Mark II wagon was the largest wagon Toyota Cressida offered in North America, next to the Corona and Corolla wagons; the Crown wagon was no longer sold in North America.

Toyota Cressida Chaser was released in 1977 as a competitor to the Nissan Skyline sedan.

The idea of the Chaser was to offer a sportier version of the Mark II and sold at a different Japanese Toyota Cressida dealership called Toyota Cressida Auto Store, often with more powerful engines and different suspension setups.

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Soundproofing was extensive, and the Toyota Cressida was famous for being one of the quietest cars on the road at the time.

Second-generation Toyota Cressida, the MX63, was a significant redesign from the previous generation.

Much like the contemporary Camry and Corolla, the US market Toyota Cressida had a unique interior that differed from other LHD variants, including those sold in nearby Canada, in order to satisfy American design tastes and certain federal requirements.

Toyota Cressida was the first car to offer an automatic motorized passive seat belt system, a full year ahead of the legal requirement taking effect.

The US-market 1981 Toyota Cressida was the first car to come with motorized automatic shoulder harnesses which wrapped around front seat occupants when the door was closed and the ignition switched on.

In 1983, the Toyota Cressida was refreshed and gained an independent semi-trailing link rear suspension, rear vented disc brakes, and the 5M-GE engine.

Toyota Cressida was withdrawing from the large car categories in Europe at this time, focusing on the smaller vehicles.

The Toyota Cressida was offered with the W58 manual transmission, but was very uncommon and only in the 1986 model.

US-spec Toyota Cressida continued to offer a unique interior that differed from other LHD markets, including Canada.

Toyota Cressida badging was used in other export markets with smaller engines.

The Australian Toyota Cressida was withdrawn from sale in early 1993 on the X80 series so as not to compete against the new widebody Camry-Vienta, and Lexus ES300 and LS400.

The North American Cressida was discontinued after the 1992 model year, and it would be a few years before the succeeding Toyota Avalon debuted for the 1995 model year; the Avalon was introduced as Toyota's first designed-for-America large sedan with a FF layout derived from the stretched Camry platform which contrasted with the Cressida's FR layout .

Toyota Cressida was praised for its ride, handling, fuel mileage for its class, and reliability.

At its peak, the Toyota Cressida was so popular in the Middle East that almost every five in 10 cars was a Toyota Cressida.

The Toyota Cressida was sold until the end of 1995 in the Middle East with the Camry immediately positioned as the successor.

Toyota Cressida played a part in the design of the first Lexus models, most closely resembling the LS 400.

The 1992 redesign of the Camry and introduction of the XLE V6 model helped cover the Toyota Cressida's market as well, despite the fact it was a more economy-oriented and front-wheel-drive vehicle, while the Toyota Cressida was high-end and rear-wheel-drive.

The Toyota Cressida was an upper-level mid-size rear-wheel drive car with a straight-six engine, as the mid-market second-generation Camry was still classified as a compact car in the early 1990s.

Toyota Cressida added a new sedan, called the Toyota Cressida Scepter with the major difference being a front-wheel-drive powertrain.

Toyota Cressida has eliminated the Tourer S and Tourer V and instead called their sportier version 2.

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